TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP/WSVN) — Broward County Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes has submitted her resignation, hours after finishing a manual recount of votes from Florida’s midterm elections.
Snipes turned in her resignation letter, Sunday. According to a copy of the letter, Snipes’ resignation is effective Jan. 4, 2019.
Snipes has been the top elections official in the South Florida county since 2003 when then-Gov. Jeb Bush appointed her. The Alabama native was then elected to a full term in 2004, then re-elected in 2008, 2012 and 2016.
Snipes came under withering criticism for her handling of this year’s elections in the populous county as well as its legally required recount in close races for governor and U.S. Senate.
On Saturday, she acknowledged that her office had misplaced more than 2,000 ballots during the recount.
Snipes couldn’t immediately be reached late Sunday for comment on the report.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who has the power to remove Snipes from office, was among those sharply critical of Snipes.
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